House of Elders

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The House of Elders was the upper chamber of Afghanistan’s National Assembly, serving as a legislative body that reviewed and approved laws and represented regional and local interests.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
House of Elders canonical 5
House of Elders (Afghanistan) 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (40)

Predicate Object
instanceOf upper house of parliament ⓘ
alsoKnownAs House of Senators ⓘ
Meshrano Jirga ⓘ
Mishrano Jirga ⓘ
appointmentAuthority President of Afghanistan ⓘ
bicameralPartner House of the People ⓘ
chamberType upper chamber ⓘ
constitutionalBasis 2004 Constitution of Afghanistan ⓘ
country Afghanistan ⓘ
dissolutionCause Taliban takeover of Afghanistan in 2021 ⓘ
function oversight of the executive branch ⓘ
representation of provinces and districts at the national level ⓘ
review of national budget ⓘ
governmentBranch legislative branch of Afghanistan ⓘ
hasHouseType deliberative assembly ⓘ
jurisdiction Afghanistan ⓘ
languageOfProceedings Dari ⓘ
Pashto ⓘ
linked to: Pashto language
legalSystemContext Islamic Republic of Afghanistan ⓘ
legislativeRole approved legislation ⓘ
reviewed laws passed by the lower house ⓘ
lowerHouse House of the People ⓘ
meetsIn Kabul ⓘ
memberSource President of Afghanistan appointments ⓘ
district councils ⓘ
provincial councils ⓘ
nativeNameLanguage fa ⓘ
ps ⓘ
oppositeChamberRole directly elected lower house ⓘ
oversightRole scrutiny of government policies ⓘ
partOf National Assembly of Afghanistan ⓘ
represents district interests ⓘ
local interests ⓘ
provincial interests ⓘ
regional interests ⓘ
selectionMethod indirect election ⓘ
presidential appointment ⓘ
status defunct ⓘ
termUsedIn post-2001 Afghan political system ⓘ
votingSystem indirect voting via councils ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (6)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Kingdom of Afghanistan → upperHouse → House of Elders ⓘ
Islamic Republic of Afghanistan → upperHouse → House of Elders ⓘ
National Assembly of Afghanistan → hasPart → House of Elders ⓘ
House of the People (Afghanistan) → upperChamber → House of Elders (Afghanistan) ⓘ
subject linked to: House of the People
linked to: House of Elders